Q: What kind of a name is Dar?A: Well Dar's real name is Dorothy
(Snowden Williams) and as the story goes, one of her sisters
couldn't pronounce her name properly and used to just call her
Dar. Apparently the name stuck. She isnot
named after the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Q: When and where was Dar born?A: She was born in Mount Kisco, NY,
USA on April 19, 1967. She grew up in Chappaqua, NY.

Q: Where does Dar live?A: She lives in Beacon, NY with her
husband Michael, son Stephen, and daughter Taya.

Q: Does she have any siblings?A: Dar is the youngest of three
girls. Her sisters are Meredith and Julie.

Q: When is Dar's next CD coming out?A: In
the Time of the Gods was released in April 2012. It
is the first release of all new material since Promised Land in 2008.

Q. What is Dar's concert
schedule?A. Go to the tour schedule page for
up-to-date listings.

Q: What kind of guitar does Dar play?A: For many years Dar played a very
pretty, but quite large, Larivee. In early 2001, she bought
and now primarily played a Huss & Dalton
Custom OM. She often takes a Joan Baez limited edition Martin
with her on bigger tours. In October 2005 she brought a
fabulous new, and smaller, Huss and Dalton . . . pictured
left. She now plays a Collings from Austin,
Texas . . . pictured right.

Q: What about Dar's college years?A: She went to Weslyan University
in Connecticut. She majored in theatre and religion and claims
to have been every religion at one point but Jewish because
the "semester ended." Admits to being "really bad at
Buddhism."

Q: What songs are on Dar's
early tapes?A: There were two
tapes. Here are the track listings 1. I Have No
History -- 1990Crossing the Field; How Do I Work;
No More Troubles; No Revolution Here; Charlie Frye; I Have No
History; Ireland; Terrarium 2. All My
Heroes Are Dead -- 1991 All My Heroes Are Dead; For
Everyone; Stop Smoking; Mark Rothko Song; Calamity John;
Flinty Kind of Woman; Anthem; Arrival; When It Gets That Way

Q: Where can I find these
tapes?A: Scott Green for many years made
them available but this is no longer the case and they are
quite difficult to find or get.

Q: Is there a Dar songbook?A: Yes there are two. There are two
books, one published in 1999 which has 12 songs including Are
You Out There, When I Was Boy and Iowa. The other is published
in 2005 and includes songs through those on the My
Better Self CD. Both are published by Hal Leonard (www.halleonard.com).
ISBN
0-7935-9825-7. There is also a full collection of tabs on this
site in the Play with Dar section.

Q: Is Dar married? Does
she have a boyfriend, girlfriend, or what?A: Dar married a man named
Michael from New York City over the May 4, 2002 weekend. He's
a carpenter and is apparently terrified of flying! Dar says:
One date, that's all it took : ) They have son, Stephen Gray
Robinson, who was born on April 24, 2004, and a daughter Taya,
adopted from and born in Ethiopia in 2009.

Q: What does Jane Siberry's
album When I Was a Boy have to do with Dar's song of
the same name?A: Not much -- Jane's album
and Dar's song were written at about the same time,
independent of each other. Dar may be influenced by
Jane's music, but she didn't steal the song title from her.

Q: Is the narrator of "Iowa"
male or female?A: It can be interpreted
either way. Dar has introduced the song both ways at
concerts. The same answer goes for the same question regarding
the "SUNY student with mousy brown hair" in "Southern
California Wants to Be Western New York."

Q: Why are there two versions of the
Honesty Room?A: Dar originally released THR
(herself?) on the Burning Field label. Waterbug "took
over" distribution and pasted their own stickers on the bar
code, on the places where 1-800-PRIME-CD was listed as
distributor and where Joyful Noise Productions in Northampton
was listed for booking info. The second was redone/repackaged
and released by Dar's current label Razor and Tie.

Q: Why are there two versions of The
Green WorldA: There is one version that was
released into stores and another limited edition that was
available for a short time through Dar's record company and at
shows. The limited edition had an extra track on it, O
Canada Girls, and fancy packaging with notes on the
songs from Dar inside. The U.K. version of TGW includes O
Canada Girls.

Q: What's a little-known fact about
Dar?A: She's allergic to dairy, so cut
it out with those cheescakes at the concerts.

Q. If I like Dar's music,
what other artists might I enjoy?A.
Dar
has
various qualities that appeal in different ways. We have
arranged similar artists into groups, depending on your taste
for "twang."